diff --git a/repositories/repositories.bzl b/repositories/repositories.bzl
index 85100ab27..d140eb377 100644
--- a/repositories/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories/repositories.bzl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def repositories():
     if "bazel_skylib" not in excludes:
         http_archive(
             name = "bazel_skylib",
-            sha256 = "e5d90f0ec952883d56747b7604e2a15ee36e288bb556c3d0ed33e818a4d971f2",
-            strip_prefix = "bazel-skylib-1.0.2",
-            urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/archive/1.0.2.tar.gz"],
+            sha256 = "79488428983d1fac331a248bca8666071447e0582595a54a5386b9ade13e7815",
+            strip_prefix = "bazel-skylib-1.7.0",
+            urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/archive/1.7.0.tar.gz"],
         )